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[[Kris Hopkins]] has been the Conservative MP for Keighley since 2010. He was appointed a Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]] in October 2013.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/Kris-Hopkins/4043 Kris Hopkins], www.parliament.uk, accessed 8 October 2013.</ref> | [[Kris Hopkins]] has been the Conservative MP for Keighley since 2010. He was appointed a Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the [[Department for Communities and Local Government]] in October 2013.<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/Kris-Hopkins/4043 Kris Hopkins], www.parliament.uk, accessed 8 October 2013.</ref> | ||
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| + | A seating plan of the Conservative Party's Black and White Ball, in February 2014, was leaked to the ''Guardian'' in October 2014. The party, which guests pay between £450 and £1000 for a ticket, seats diners with the minister most relevant to them. The report revealed that while Hopkins was Minister of State for Housing and Local Government he "sat with two of London’s top property executives, [[Bruce Ritchie]], a business partner of the chef [[Marco Pierre White]], and [[Paul Munford]], an adviser to the [[Candy brothers]], luxury property developers whose firms arrange purchases of “trophy” London homes for rich foreigners."<ref> Goodley, S., Newman M. and Mathiason N. [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/12/conservatives-tycoons-fundraising-black-and-white-ball Tycoons mix with top Tories at fundraising ball in London] ''The Guardian'', 12 October 2014, accessed 14 October 2014 </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 10:14, 14 October 2014
Kris Hopkins has been the Conservative MP for Keighley since 2010. He was appointed a Parliamentary Under-Secretary in the Department for Communities and Local Government in October 2013.[1]
Dinner with lobbyists
A seating plan of the Conservative Party's Black and White Ball, in February 2014, was leaked to the Guardian in October 2014. The party, which guests pay between £450 and £1000 for a ticket, seats diners with the minister most relevant to them. The report revealed that while Hopkins was Minister of State for Housing and Local Government he "sat with two of London’s top property executives, Bruce Ritchie, a business partner of the chef Marco Pierre White, and Paul Munford, an adviser to the Candy brothers, luxury property developers whose firms arrange purchases of “trophy” London homes for rich foreigners."[2]
Notes
- ↑ Kris Hopkins, www.parliament.uk, accessed 8 October 2013.
- ↑ Goodley, S., Newman M. and Mathiason N. Tycoons mix with top Tories at fundraising ball in London The Guardian, 12 October 2014, accessed 14 October 2014
